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Criminal Procedure I

Criminal Procedure I - Professors vary

Course Number: LAW-017
Course Type: Foundational
Credits: 3
Enrollment Limit: Determined by the Registrar
Description: This course examines constitutional constraints on government investigation of crime. Topics include search and seizure, interrogations and confessions, and eyewitness identification. While the focus is the United States Constitution (4th, 5th, and 6th amendments and due process), some attention will be paid to the relationship between state and federal criminal procedure. The first-year day sections (1L) and the upper-division sections (UD) cover the same material.
Prerequisite: none
Evaluation Method: Final exam
Capstone: no
WIE: no

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